Some naysayers have said to me through the years: “Why are you doing another training?” or “Why are you coming up with another offering?”

The truth is since the beginning of my spiritual awakening in 2002 I recognized that obedience, and implementation of the assignments that I was given was imperative every step of the way.

A HUGE theme was to create community from the very beginning. Reiki shares at my home, facilitating 10 years of energy shares at the Unitarian Universalists of the Cumberland Valley in Boiling Springs, attending energy shares in Gettysburg, creating a wellness fair in UUCV, and monthly Red Tent for women in my home for a few years, at a local café, and one at the Women’s Center at Dickinson College even.

One of the symbols of Bee Medicine is buzzing together.

So, you see, my yearning to create an online platform to create a safe community, to share weekly lives to allow personal growth for the members and myself, to connect with depth and authenticity, being sometimes long distance and yet feeling right at home with one another is here. Great Spirit keeps poking at me to learn more technology, to unearth more of my god-giving gifts, to share them in this moment of deep and wild shifts in our beloved planet, and honestly it is to rise on a personal level and to help others to do the same.

One of the most blissful things in my life was discovering sisterhood. Being a single child was comfortable. And it was all that I knew. In my late thirties however that inward flow became a fountain of non-ending love affairs with deeply engaging, giving nourishment, and receiving nourishment, from extraordinary women in the US and Canada whom I am honored to call my spiritual sisters.

I was always very intuitive as a child. I never wanted anything to do with my spiritual gifts, however. Surrendering to this first-ever trip abroad without my family, with women only, and for spiritual purposes cracked me wide open. It was a brand-new world within to feel and explore. The Maltese islands are unforgettable!

Getting to be in ancient sacred sites with one purpose only… to surrender to the most divine aspects of myself and be in communion with the land, as well as weaving all the energies from all the past lives. Feeling from our depths, all the “remembering” taking place with each and every one of us. The instant bonding that was being birthed was astounding to me. The love eternal that bubbled up from our souls, pouring to and from each other was overwhelmingly radiant.

In Malta and with my new sisters I got to unleash for the first time EVER my inner-little girl. Wow… I didn’t even know she existed inside of me, waiting patiently for me to show up for us. To free her from self-hatred, self-doubt, self-judgment, sabotage, and much more. Every moment of every day in Malta was, and still is, cherished by me.

Our last circle in the hotel, which was our last ceremony and celebration is imprinted in my mind as well as in my heart. An outdoor fabulous feast and tear-filled shares. There were over 20 of us, of all ages and cultural embodiments. And yet at the airport, as we were finally splitting to our diverse locations in the US more and more tears flooded us with such gratitude.

This first trip to Malta put a delectable taste in my mouth. A hunger in my belly to create a sacred community, ceremony, and togetherness, and share the most compassionate exchanges EVER. After that, I wanted a mystery school. My inner child had now a voice and she was setting an intention loud and clear to the universe to create that level of experience. I wanted to have deep connections with human beings which may only happen when the heart is moved to such a level of unconditional love that sucks you into a state of the highest awareness.

And so I did manifest two different official mystery schools in my life. Mind you I never envisioned having the hutzpah to create and facilitate one myself. Years of resistance showed futile. I am now very obedient to the guidance that I receive. In my case, however, the experience is for both women and men. From the beginning of facilitating this sacred work, the men folk have been showing up for me to hold their hands through the fires of life. And I would not change that ever. It is an honor to be of service to all who call upon me.

The depth of connections that I see with my initiates, clients, and students is purposeful and a HUGE part of my intentions to shift the collective one heart at a time.

I sobbed on closing circles in my first mystery school in California. That longing to create a spiritual web was the foundation for everything I have ever done here in Pennsylvania since 2003. I am still close with my sisters from that awakening time.

No matter how many years past sisterhood and brotherhood never ends. It keeps maturing and aging with wisdom and grace. Even when I don’t see my siblings. I feel them, and I am eternally grateful for the wonders ahead. Community Sustains Spiritual Growth. I honestly believe that it’s because of the continuous community nurturing I was able to grow emotional muscles to withstand these crazy times.

I LOVE to see women and men respectfully, compassionately, and unconditionally falling in love with themselves, and witnessing the same all around them. And from that space of purity embracing sisterly and brotherly love. It is a sight!!